August 22, 2012
7:47 p.m.

Thanks! Yes, I meant Sublime with Ajani. I just picked her up today, and I might replace both Benedictions with her. Now, why Tormented Soul
over Servant of Nefarox
and Sun Titan
? I like that it's a one drop, but I thought having more Exalted and Sun Titan
helps me keep Ajani in play. But I'm terrible at this, so i'm happy to hear better ideas!

August 22, 2012
7:54 p.m.

Tormented Soul
is pretty great with exalted, especially when a Sublime Archangel
on the board. Exalted deals massive damage with a single swing. If that swing is unblockable...ouch. Also with exalted, you don't have to ultimate Ajani for him to be helpful. You could use Ajani, Caller of the Pride
's -3 just for the double strike. I think I just talked my self into acquiring a couple Ajanis...

I found 4 Cathedral of War
to be too much, as they come into play tapped. 2 seems to be working nicely for me.

I've also found Essence Harvest
to be a nice finisher for this type of deck. The Exalted effect lasts until "end of turn". So, take a big swing for half their life, then Main Phase 2 cast Essence Harvest
for the win.

Take a look at my deck if you would like to get some ideas, or have any thoughts of your own.

August 22, 2012
8:24 p.m.

Tormented Soul
is a boss because he cant be blocked, that means that no matter how big of a creature you opponent throws down you can always sneak behind him and do a lot of damage. As far as sideboard goes you can take a look at my exalted deck :) Tormenting Their Souls

card:Faith's Reward is a perfect sideboard for when you opponent pulls out a Bonfire of the Damned
or some other annoying removal,And I like keeping a 1-3 ratio on the Knights, depending of what color deck on facing,

Oh also card:Builder's Blessing was practically made for exalted! Turns all your guys sitting around doing nothing into blockers :P Anyway good luck!

August 22, 2012
10:09 p.m.

Servant of Nefarox
just seems too costly for what it provides, another exalted body with low toughness and no other effects. I like tormented soul as well and am considering putting him in after my boy Mirran Crusader
rotates out. Another card you might consider is Disciple of Bolas
because you can sack the exalted guy for a large draw/life gain if you have bodies to spare. I'm not sure if I'll be keeping this card and I need to try out card:Builder's Blessing as someone mentioned before. Chech out my deck and tell me what you think BW Exalted Post Rotation

+2 Ajani, Caller of the Pride
. It fuels the purpose of being aggressive. It's first ability works really well with hard-to-block guys like Vampire Nighthawk
and Tormented Soul
. It's second can provide the win pretty easily. You should also put in 2 copies of Sorin, Lord of Innistrad
. He works really well in this deck as he does everything this deck needs. He gives you guys which can provide exalted with Sublime Archangel
and his emblem ability pumps everything. Elspeth Tirel
is also a good choice as she can help you out late-game. Cut Gideon Jura
. He plays a much more controlling game, which this deck isn't aimed at doing.

August 25, 2012
5:37 a.m.

I would take umbrage with a few ideas. Sun Titan
is not too pricey, can hit huge with exalted, and can pull out almost everything from the graveyard, including Ajani, Caller of the Pride
. And if I can swing with him and Ajani's +3 just once, that's 12 damage and 2 creatures to pull out! Gideon Jura
also won me a few matches at FNM with his +0. His 6/6 with exalted is vicious. Spirit Mantle
was also amazing against the heavier spell decks. I will side board it however since both Knights have protections from certain creatures anyway. . . Essence Harvest
is awesome if i can cast it after an exalted attack, but I'll probably sideboard it too....

August 25, 2012
10:58 a.m.

Sure, that all sounds good. My steering for the deck is just one that's a bit faster than it is now, but maybe less potentially good late-game. Yeah, Gideon is pretty ridiculous tbh :P, fair enough to leave him in. I suppose Nefarox is also a pretty substantial bomb that needs to be dealt with as well. Definitely go with the 4 Tormented Souls, they just get ridiculous with the exlted boosts, as well as with Ajani. Good luck! :)

August 25, 2012
11:06 a.m.

I just added in a bunch of your suggestions, and it seems to draw a lot more consistently. I did get a ton of mileage out of Tormented Soul
last night, and I should definitely keep in four. What about Murder
for Doom Blade
since Doom is on its way out?

I think I'm going to keep Nefrox and Gideon until I can afford to swap them out for more Sublime and Ajani, and possibly Sorrin if i can find some. It's too bad all the best suggestions are so expensive!

Essence Harvest
and Increasing Devotion
do not fit and are just random cards. I know they could potentially save you during some games but overall they really dont do anything for you, you could utilize different cards to make the deck more consistant. I would run 4 card:Faith's Shields since they can give you unblockable creatures or protect your creatures. Sorin, Lord of Innistrad
is ok with the buffing and creating a lifelink vampire, but for exalted he doesn't really fit. He is a beast in a token deck which this seems to be half half of.

You do need to have 4 Sublime Archangel
s since it is the sickest card in the set IMO especially with rancor. I run a semi exalted deck with just 4 Sublime Archangel
s and have no problem getting the exalted to trigger. Check it out at deck:gw-sublime-beatdown-comments-please, it will show you how you dont need a million exalted cards to make it worth while.

And you need a few Tragic Slip
s in your deck, it is an awesome card. Cathedral of War
makes the deck slower especially at the start of the game when it comes in tapped.

I would decide if your going exalted or tokens. Hope this helps. Remember you want it to be consistent.

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